Volunteer firefighter killed in Brunswick Co. boating accident

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A volunteer firefighter is dead and another man is in serious condition after a boating accident in Brunswick County Saturday afternoon.

The accident happened on the Intracoastal Waterway near Blue Point Marina Saturday around 4:30 p.m. Officers with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission say both Daniel Gralak and Dustin Greiner were seriously hurt when their boat hit a wooden pylon in the waterway.

According to the Northwest Volunteer Fire Department's Facebook page, Gralak, who was a firefighter there, died.